Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 22, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 22, 2001
Start: 2001-06-22T16:29
End: 2001-06-22T16:29
Location: North Carolina

June 22, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT EASTWARD THROUGH LATE SATURDAY...PROVIDING
FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NUMBER OF VORTS TO AFFECT
THE CWFA...WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST COMING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT IN
TANDEM WITH A LARGE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AS THE 25H JET
MOVES INTO OUR AREA LATER. NOT TO GO ON...BUT BLANKET EVERYONE WITH
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...DOWN TO CHANCE FOR
SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING...MODELS SUGGEST FRONT WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD TO THE CHARLOTTE AREA...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN ALL
ZONES EARLY IN THE FOOTHILLS...THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN PIEDMONT...DRY
MOUNTAINS. FOR SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL
WEDGE...UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF AS RIDGE AXIS JUST MAKES IT INTO
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE SUNDAY.
HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO LINGER ON EXTENDED...BUT WITH UPPER
LOW WANDERING AROUND SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY...BEST COURSE OF ACTION MAY
BE JUST TO KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED IN OUR
EXTENDED...ADDING CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY PER NUMERICAL
NCEP GUIDANCE.

THANKS TO RNK FOR COORDINATION ON THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.

FCSTID = 44
GSP   68  81  62  81 / 100  40  30  30
AND   69  82  63  82 / 100  40  30  30
CLT   70  81  64  81 / 100  50  30  30
HKY   66  81  61  80 / 100  40  30  30
AVL   61  7,7  55  76 / 100  30  10  30

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

BURRUS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:59 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-222100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
359 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 467...

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND RABUN.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

BURRUS

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:59 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-222100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WATCH NUMBER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
359 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 464...

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND RABUN.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:19 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

410 PM     BETHLEHEM                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   CLEVELAND                      TREES DOWN IN BETHLEHEM
                                          COMMUNITY AND IN KINGS
                                          MOUNTAIN AREA.

411 PM     10 SE SHELBY              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   CLEVELAND                      DIME SIZE HAIL ON I-85 AT
                                          THE 5 MILE MARKER.

411 PM     7 W GASTONIA              NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   GASTON                         12 X 12 ALUMINUM BUILDING
                                          BLOWN DOWN IN BESSIMER
                                          CITY AREA NEAR HIGHWAY
                                          216.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:59 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM     10 SE SHELBY              NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   CLEVELAND                      SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          TREES DOWN AT EXIT 5
                                          ALONG INTERSTATE 85.

HG

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:20 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

134 PM     7 S ASHEVILLE             NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SKYLAND AND EXIT 6 ON
                                          I-26.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:22 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

519 PM     GREENWOOD                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   GREENWOOD                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
                                          MANY AREAS IN AND AROUND
                                          GREEENWOOD.

TJB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba

When: June 22, 4:29 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, Catawba
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.717, -81.083

Large limbs blown onto power lines.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5255044.